Razer Enki Review – The Chair That Loves You As You Are

Razer is back at it again with the Razer Enki, a new gaming chair built around the concept of all-day comfort when you’re really hitting that grind. With a design to take the load off your spine quite literally, there’s a lot to love with this must-have for your gaming setup.

The chair was announced today as part of the RazerCon line-up, and is available now for RM1899 from the Razer Website, as well as authorized resellers.

With a focus on all-day gaming and the pursuit of comfort while you do that, the Razer Enki has a variety of tools to make sure the act of sitting down is the least exhausting part of your gaming session.

The Key Is Comfort

The new Razer Enki is a pretty drastic step up from last year’s counterpart, the Iskur. With a totally different design philosophy, there’s a lot to love with Razer’s sophomore foray into gaming furniture.

The first thing you might notice is that the Enki has a quilted pattern running along where the Iskur would have had its scale-like design. This isn’t just a stylistic choice- the quilted pattern is part of the chair’s strategy to distribute weight more evenly, meaning you won’t get that sharp pain in your rear you get when you’re in the car for too long.

That being said it’s also not too soft, creating a weird balance that really works out in the Razer Enki ‘s favor. It’s padded enough for extensive use, but also not so soft you ever feel like you’re being swallowed by the chair, meaning you have no gripes about sitting in it longer without getting up and seeing the dent of  shame you’d get in beanbags if you’ve been doing a particularly long grind session.

My one gripe is the material for the quilting itself- it’s very matte, with very little friction for sliding around on it. It doesn’t matter much in the way of actual gaming, but when you get up I’ve noticed it does cling a bit to your trousers, though it should be fine for anyone wearing something thicker like jeans.

It’s not like it’s any kind of hazard, but having your chair cling to your pants before you get up to be a functioning adult probably isn’t the best feeling.

There’s also the case of the Razer Enki’s exemplary back support. With its concave shape, it’s much better at supporting your shoulders, and the lumbar arch at the base of the chair makes taking naps on it divine, not unlike sitting with it upright.

Actually, you could probably write a whole review on the nap-potential of the Razer Enki alone. The aforementioned concave shape plus the chair’s 152-degree recline make it great for between-game naps, since the curvature of the back does actually feel more like a cot than most gaming chairs.

It’s also helped by the chair’s memory foam head cushion, which also feels great to just rest your head on. As the type of gamer who crunches into a ball while gaming it wasn’t that useful to me- but whenever you’re relaxing it’s a great cushion to just kind of bounce your head on while watching Vtubers.

Finally, there’s my favorite feature, which is the seat of the chair itself. It sports a much wider front than its back, allowing you much more freedom when sitting down.

From cross-legged to doing your best JoJo pose, there’s all manner of ways you can sit down in the Razer Enki and still feel quite comfortable. I really like this for several reasons- one, it obviously caters to people who haven’t totally destroyed your posture yet. Two, even if you’re the type with than less-stellar posture, it’s not like the chair ever punishes you for it like most ergonomic chairs would.

Instead, it’s big enough that you can sit pretty comfortably no matter how you find yourself most comfortable. The only limitation now is just space, since you’d need a lot of clearance in your setup to freely move your legs around to make full use of the chair.

Other Gamer Uses

Of course, for as different as the Razer Enki is from the Iskur, there’s also a lot that’s similar. For one, the chair sports the same 4D armrests, letting you rotate and adjust the heights of each armrest, even creating the peak of comfort as you rotate the armrests outward so you can rest your elbows on them like a menacing supervillain.

Aside from that, there’s also the adjustable tilt on the chair, letting you rock pretty far back if you like your chairs that way- personally combined with the 152-degree recline, I found it a bit much- but I know plenty of people who would love that, and the option to switch between the two settings is definitely a godsend.

Closing Thoughts

Ultimately, there’s not much you can say about the Razer Enki that doesn’t just circle back to how comfy it is. Unlike a lot of chairs where you feel like you have to kind of break them in first, the Enki feels good out of the box, especially if its first assignment is a long gaming session.

It’s not just about feeling good to sit on, it’s about how good it feels to sit *in*. Gamers do more than just sitting in one pose for long hours, such as the gremlin pose of “I’m not gonna lose this next game” and the “I can’t believe I lost I must be the worst gamer who ever existed” lie-down to the “I won’t let that get me down time to try again” pose of motivation. To that end, the Razer Enki solves this problem well, being comfortable no matter how bizarre your sitting configuration.

The Razer Enki is available for RM1899, with a more feature-lite Enki X being available for RM1399. You’ll be able to get them from the Razer website or authorized resellers.

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